Historic Newspapers: Abraham Lincoln
The following issues contain content related to Abraham Lincoln.
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Item #693807NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 19, 1862
* Abraham Lincoln appeal to border states
* Pleads for emancipation of slaves - slavery
The back page begins with a very notable address by President Lincoln headed: "The President's Appeal To The Border States".
On July 12 Abraham Lincoln invited the senators and... Read full description -
Item #582045THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 21, 1862
* General Henry Wager Halleck
* Sperryville VA Virginia
This is a genuine Civil War newspaper from Abraham Lincoln's administration with one column headlines which include: "IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON", "Awaiting the Arrival of Gen. Halleck", "Sketch Of The General", "Important From The Gulf",... Read full description -
Item #172592HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 26, 1862 The front page shows 3 views of the "New Rebel Iron-Clad 'Richmond' or 'Virginia #2'', one being a sectional view. Also on the front page are prints of: "Brigadier-General Daniel Butterfield" and "Brigadier-General Truman Seymour".
Other prints within include: "Army of the Potomac--Battle of the... Read full description -
Item #582098THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 30, 1862
* Orange, Virginia
* Gordonsville
This is a genuine Civil War newspaper from Abraham Lincoln's administration with one column headlines which include: "IMPORTANT FROM VIRGINIA" "The Rebels Under Gen. Ewell Reported to be at Orange Court House" "Skirmishing With The Enemy" "Interesting From Tennessee" "News From... Read full description -
Item #571633CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1, 1862 This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
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Item #574778CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 4, 1862
* Humboldt TN
* Rare Midwestern title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
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Item #574015CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Ohio, August 5, 1862
* Gloucester, Virginia
* Rare Midwestern title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
This issue is not... Read full description -
Item #571602CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 9, 1862 This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
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Item #705403DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 12, 1862
* From the capital of the Confederacy
Not just a newspaper from the Confederate, but from the capital of the Confederate states. The front page has: "Important From the North--Call For 600,000 More Men--A Draft to Be Immediately made" "From Culpeper" "From The South Side" "Changing... Read full description -
Item #582813THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, August 20, 1862
* Baton Rouge Louisiana LA
* Warrensburg MO Missouri
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "MOVEMENTS ON THE PENINSULA", "Grand March of McClellan's Army", "THE BATTLE OF BATON ROUGE",... Read full description -
Item #574769CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Ohio, August 21, 1862
* Baton Rouge, Louisiana
* Lone Jack Mo Missouri
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
This issue is not... Read full description -
Item #691068NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 25, 1862
* Famous Abraham Lincoln letter
* "A Prayer of Twenty Millions" reply
* Tribune publisher Horace Greeley
On page 4 is one of the more famous letters from Abraham Lincoln, being his reply to Horace Greeley's editorial of August 20, "A Prayer of Twenty... Read full description -
Item #583594THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 26, 1862
* Rebel invasion (Washington D.C.)
* Culpepper VA Virginia
* John Morgan in Kentucky
A genuine Civil War newspaper from Abraham Lincoln's administration with one column headlines which include: "Movements In Front Of Washington", "Successful... Read full description -
Item #704320THE KANSAS STATE JOURNAL, Lawrence, Sept. 4, 1862
* Pacific Railway Acts
* Transcontinental Railroad
* President Abraham Lincoln
* American Civil War era
Most of the front page and a bit of page 2 are taken up with the very historic; "Pacific Railroad Bill", actually the first of two (the 2nd in 1864) which... Read full description -
Item #172604HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 6, 1862 Of special note is the pg. 3 (563) historic letter headed: "The President On the Negro Question". This was one of the more famous letters from Abraham Lincoln, being his reply to Horace Greeley's editorial of August 20, "A Prayer of Twenty Millions", which urged emancipation. Lincoln... Read full description -
Item #573202CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Ohio, September 10, 1862
* Battle of Bull Run # 2
* Rare Midwestern title
* Civil War original reading
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day... Read full description -
Item #705972RICHMOND ENQUIRER, Virginia, Sept. 18, 1862
* Robert E. Lee proclamation to Marylanders
* Prelude to the Battle of Antietam - Sharpsburg
* From the capital of the Confederacy
The front page has: "General Lee's Proclamation To the People of Maryland" which presents his reasons for the Confederate army being in that state.... Read full description -
Item #701592NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 1862
* Emancipation Proclamation
* President Abraham Lincoln
* Freedom for enslaved - slaves
* Best publication to be had (very rare)
Page 2 begins with the Emancipation Proclamation, from the city where it was issued.
The Emancipation Proclamation was a... Read full description -
Item #704713THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1862
* Emancipation Proclamation
* President Abraham Lincoln
* Rare pro-Confederate publication
Given the focus of this controversial newspaper, being supportive of the Southern cause while publishing in the North, it is particularly noteworthy that this issue contains on page... Read full description -
Item #689603NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1862
* Emancipation Proclamation
* President Abraham Lincoln
Page 2 contains the full texts of the Emancipation Proclamation, perhaps the most significant Presidential pronouncement of the entire Civil War wherein Lincoln declared all slaves free.
Headed: "A... Read full description -
Item #691061PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 29, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE LATEST NEWS ! " "From General McClellan's Army" "The Loss in the Late Battles" "Interesting From Sharpsburg" "A Dispatch from Gen. Pope" "Expedition Down the Mississippi" "The War In Missouri" "Speech of Colonel Hamilton" "The War In Kentucky" &... Read full description -
Item #572487CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2, 1862 This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
This issue is not fragile as newsprint from this... Read full description -
Item #172612HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 4, 1862 Page 3 contains the complete and historically significant printing of the Emancipation Proclamation signed in type by the President: Abraham Lincoln, & headed: "The Abolition of Slavery--A Proclamation". There is also a nice page 2 editorial concerning the Emancipation Proclamation headed:... Read full description -
Item #172614HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 11, 1862 The front page has two illustrations: "Flight of the Inhabitants of Sharpsburg at the Approach of Their Rebel Deliverers" and "Ford Near Shepherdstown, On the Potomac--Picket Firing Across the River".
Prints inside include a full page of: "The Battle of Antietam--First Maryland Battery in the Fore-Ground" and another... Read full description -
Item #666471THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1862 This anti-war newspaper insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the various reports are: "Tests of Loyalty" "A Boston Negro's Opinion of the Proclamation" "Kirby Smith Captures a Train..." "McClellan on the President's Proclamation" "The New... Read full description -
Item #666470THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1862 This anti-war newspaper insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the various reports are: "Tests of Loyalty" "A Boston Negro's Opinion of the Proclamation" "Kirby Smith Captures a Train..." "McClellan on the President's... Read full description -
Item #571750CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Ohio, October 23, 1862
* Chaplin Hills, Kentucky
* Rare Midwestern title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
This issue is not fragile... Read full description -
Item #571754CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Ohio, October 28, 1862
* Kentucky campaign & more
* Rare Midwestern title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
This issue is not fragile as... Read full description -
Item #720646HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, November, 1862
* President Abraham Lincoln
* Emancipation Proclamation
Near the back of the issue under "Monthly Record of Current Events" is a report on the Emancipation Proclamation. "On the 22d of September the President issued a very important proclamation. ... that he should at... Read full description -
Item #172620HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 1, 1862 The full front page shows: "The Town of Perryville, Kentucky, Scene of the Recent Battle" and "The Pirate 'Alabama'". Other prints inside include: "The Rebel Foray in Pennsylvania--General View of Chambersburg" and two other quarter page scenes at Chambersburg. Halfpg: "Camp Dick Robinson,... Read full description -
Item #704159PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 3, 1862
* The African American Delegation to Abraham Lincoln
* Free Negroes - black colonization in Washington D.C. ?
The most noteworthy article is found on page 4 headed: "Free Colored Emigrants" which is a letter from free Washington, D.C. blacks to President Abraham Lincoln in... Read full description -
Item #172622HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 8, 1862 The full front page shows: "Major-General William S. Rosecrans, Commander of the Army of the Ohio".
Other prints within include: "The Foreign Men-of-War In Our Harbor" "Mrs. Lincoln, Wife of the President" which includes an article on her; "John W. Packham, the Youngest Corporal in... Read full description -
Item #600088THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, November 12, 1862
* General George McClellan's army farewell address
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "McCLELLAN'S FAREWELL", "His Address to the Army of the Potomac", "Closing Scenes On The... Read full description -
Item #666535THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1862 Among the articles within are: "Rats Leaving a Sinking Ship" "Meanness of Abolitionism--How Soldiers are Treated Who Fight for Their Country" "Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" "Letter From Ex-President Buchanan" "War News of the Week"
Eight pages, nice condition.
Described as "The Hottest... Read full description -
Item #687506NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 18, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Rebel Evacuation of Snicker's Gap" "Cavalry Expedition to the Shenandoah" "The Blockade of Charleston Harbor" and more.
One report: "The Proclamation--The Contrabands--White Slaves in the South" which refers to Lincoln's recent... Read full description -
Item #574800CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19, 1862
* Holly Springs, Mississippi
* North Carolina
* Rare Midwestern title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day... Read full description -
Item #575121THE PITTSBURGH POST, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1862
* Fredericksburg VA arrival
* Rare Western PA title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first... Read full description -
Item #589155THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 26, 1862
* General Braxton Bragg's plantation captured
* Cove Creek, North Carolina
* General Ambrose Burnside - Fredericksburg, Virginia
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "Importan... Read full description -
Item #589153THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, November 28, 1862
* Upcoming battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
* General Burnside
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "NEWS FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK", "The Latest Reports from the Army in... Read full description -
Item #598229THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, December 1, 1862
* Fredericksburg Virginia map
* General Ambrose Burnside
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.
The front page has a map titled: "THE OPPOSING ARMIES ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK".
Among the one column headlines on the Civil War... Read full description -
Item #704865THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1862 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles: "Our War a Party War" "The Horror In Missouri" "President's Message---Synopsis"; a letter to Lt. General Holmes signed in type: Jefferson Davis; "The... Read full description -
Item #575016THE PITTSBURGH POST, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 5, 1862 This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
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Item #712559NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Dec. 6, 1862 Taking almost the entirety of page 6 is Abraham Lincoln's second state-of-the-union address at the conclusion of his second year as President, signed by him in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Much relates to the Civil War with his thoughts on its progress and the progress of the entire country at that point.
The... Read full description -
Item #563646THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, December 9, 1862
* Fredericksburg Virginia
* General Ambrose Burnside
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.
Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are:
* News From The South
* The Armies Before Fredericksburg
* Narrow Escape from... Read full description -
Item #574770CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 9, 1862 This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
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Item #701668THE NEW SOUTH, Port Royal, South Carolina, Dec. 13, 1862
* Rare Yankee occupation issue
* President Abraham Lincoln
* State of the Union Address
Here is an interesting newspaper established in March of 1862 at Port Royal after its capture by Union forces during the early part of the Civil War.
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Item #574017CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Ohio, December 16, 1862
* Fredericksburg, Virginia
* Lebanon, Tennessee
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day they were first reported.
This issue... Read full description -
Item #700482NEW YORK HERALD, December 18, 1862
* Battle of Fredericksburg aftermath
* General Ambrose E. Burnside
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "On The Rappahannock" "Special Dispatch From Gen. Burnside" "Astonishment of the Rebels at Our Recrossing the Rappahannock" "Flags of Truce & Burial of the Dead" "The Rebels Strengthening... Read full description -
Item #574014CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 22, 1862
* Kinston, North Carolina
* Political cabinet crisis
* Rare Midwestern title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the... Read full description -
Item #574019CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Ohio, December 24, 1862
* Fredericksburg, Virginia
* Kinston, North Carolina
* Rare Midwestern title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day... Read full description
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